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huff
(encz) | huff,láteřit v: Zdeněk Brož |
huff
(encz) | huff,nudění n: Zdeněk Brož |
Huff
(gcide) | Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Huffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huffing.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of
imitative origin.]
1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
--Grew.
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2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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You must not presume to huff us. --Echard.
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3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
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Huff
(gcide) | Huff \Huff\, v. i.
1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs.
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2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to
storm; to take offense.
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This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them
huff at the doctrine of repentance. --South.
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3. (Draughts) To remove from the board a man which could have
captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because
it was the habit to blow upon the piece.
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Huff
(gcide) | Huff \Huff\, n.
1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of
disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. "Left the
place in a huff." --W. Irving.
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2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own
value or importance.
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Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and
contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
--South.
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To take huff, to take offence. --Cowper.
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huff
(wn) | huff
n 1: a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, miff,
seeing red]
v 1: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine
almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn:
huff, snort]
2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff] |
huff
(foldoc) | huff
To compress data using Huffman coding.
Various programs that use such methods have been called "HUFF"
or some variant thereof.
Opposite: puff. Compare crunch, compress.
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huff
(jargon) | huff
v.
To compress data using a Huffman code. Various programs that use such
methods have been called ‘HUFF’ or some variant thereof. Oppose puff.
Compare crunch, compress.
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chuff
(encz) | chuff,hlasitě foukat Zdeněk Brožchuff,silně foukat Zdeněk Brož |
chuffed
(encz) | chuffed, adj: |
huff
(encz) | huff,láteřit v: Zdeněk Brožhuff,nudění n: Zdeněk Brož |
huffily
(encz) | huffily, adv: |
huffiness
(encz) | huffiness,podrážděnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
huffing
(encz) | huffing, n: |
huffish
(encz) | huffish,nevrlý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
huffishness
(encz) | huffishness, n: |
huffman
(encz) | Huffman,Huffman n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
huffy
(encz) | huffy,podrážděný adj: Zdeněk Brožhuffy,rozmrzelý adj: Zdeněk Brožhuffy,urážlivý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
portfolio reshuffling
(encz) | portfolio reshuffling, |
reshuffle
(encz) | reshuffle,přeskupení n: Zdeněk Brožreshuffle,přeskupit v: Zdeněk Brož |
reshuffled
(encz) | reshuffled, |
reshuffling
(encz) | reshuffling, |
shuffle
(encz) | shuffle,míchat Nijelshuffle,promíchat Zdeněk Brožshuffle,šourat se Zdeněk Brožshuffle,zamíchat v: Zdeněk Brož |
shuffle the chairs on the deck
(encz) | shuffle the chairs on the deck, |
shuffleboard
(encz) | shuffleboard, |
shuffled
(encz) | shuffled,zamíchaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
shuffler
(encz) | shuffler, |
shuffling
(encz) | shuffling,míchání n: Zdeněk Brož |
soft-shoe shuffle
(encz) | soft-shoe shuffle, n: |
huffman
(czen) | Huffman,Huffmann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Chuff
(gcide) | Chuff \Chuff\, n. [Perh. a modification of chub: cf. W. cyff
stock, stump.]
A coarse or stupid fellow. --Shak.
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Stupid; churlish. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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Chuffily
(gcide) | Chuffily \Chuff"i*ly\, adv.
Clownishly; surlily.
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Chuffiness
(gcide) | Chuffiness \Chuff"i*ness\, n.
The quality of being chuffy.
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Chuffy
(gcide) | Chuffy \Chuff"y\, a.
1. Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.
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2. Rough; clownish; surly.
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Double shuffle
(gcide) | Double \Dou"ble\ (d[u^]b"'l), a. [OE. doble, duble, double, OF.
doble, duble, double, F. double, fr. L. duplus, fr. the root
of duo two, and perh. that of plenus full; akin to Gr.
diplo`os double. See Two, and Full, and cf. Diploma,
Duple.]
1. Twofold; multiplied by two; increased by its equivalent;
made twice as large or as much, etc.
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Let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2
Kings ii. 9.
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Darkness and tempest make a double night. --Dryden.
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2. Being in pairs; presenting two of a kind, or two in a set
together; coupled.
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[Let] The swan, on still St. Mary's lake,
Float double, swan and shadow. --Wordsworth.
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3. Divided into two; acting two parts, one openly and the
other secretly; equivocal; deceitful; insincere.
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With a double heart do they speak. -- Ps. xii. 2.
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4. (Bot.) Having the petals in a flower considerably
increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result
of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens
and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants
have their blossoms naturally double.
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Note: Double is often used as the first part of a compound
word, generally denoting two ways, or twice the number,
quantity, force, etc., twofold, or having two.
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Double base, or Double bass (Mus.), the largest and
lowest-toned instrument in the violin form; the
contrabasso or violone.
Double convex. See under Convex.
Double counterpoint (Mus.), that species of counterpoint or
composition, in which two of the parts may be inverted, by
setting one of them an octave higher or lower.
Double court (Lawn Tennis), a court laid out for four
players, two on each side.
Double dagger (Print.), a reference mark ([dag]) next to
the dagger ([dagger]) in order; a diesis.
Double drum (Mus.), a large drum that is beaten at both
ends.
Double eagle, a gold coin of the United States having the
value of 20 dollars.
Double entry. See under Bookkeeping.
Double floor (Arch.), a floor in which binding joists
support flooring joists above and ceiling joists below.
See Illust. of Double-framed floor.
Double flower. See Double, a., 4.
Double-framed floor (Arch.), a double floor having girders
into which the binding joists are framed.
Double fugue (Mus.), a fugue on two subjects.
Double letter.
(a) (Print.) Two letters on one shank; a ligature.
(b) A mail requiring double postage.
Double note (Mus.), a note of double the length of the
semibreve; a breve. See Breve.
Double octave (Mus.), an interval composed of two octaves,
or fifteen notes, in diatonic progression; a fifteenth.
Double pica. See under Pica.
Double play (Baseball), a play by which two players are put
out at the same time.
Double plea (Law), a plea alleging several matters in
answer to the declaration, where either of such matters
alone would be a sufficient bar to the action. --Stephen.
Double point (Geom.), a point of a curve at which two
branches cross each other. Conjugate or isolated points of
a curve are called double points, since they possess most
of the properties of double points (see Conjugate). They
are also called acnodes, and those points where the
branches of the curve really cross are called crunodes.
The extremity of a cusp is also a double point.
Double quarrel. (Eccl. Law) See Duplex querela, under
Duplex.
Double refraction. (Opt.) See Refraction.
Double salt. (Chem.)
(a) A mixed salt of any polybasic acid which has been
saturated by different bases or basic radicals, as the
double carbonate of sodium and potassium,
NaKCO3.6H2O.
(b) A molecular combination of two distinct salts, as
common alum, which consists of the sulphate of
aluminium, and the sulphate of potassium or ammonium.
Double shuffle, a low, noisy dance.
Double standard (Polit. Econ.), a double standard of
monetary values; i. e., a gold standard and a silver
standard, both of which are made legal tender.
Double star (Astron.), two stars so near to each other as
to be seen separate only by means of a telescope. Such
stars may be only optically near to each other, or may be
physically connected so that they revolve round their
common center of gravity, and in the latter case are
called also binary stars.
Double time (Mil.). Same as Double-quick.
Double window, a window having two sets of glazed sashes
with an air space between them.
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Huffcap
(gcide) | Huffcap \Huff"cap`\, n.
A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] -- a. Blustering; swaggering.
[Obs.] --Bp. Hall.
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Huffed
(gcide) | Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Huffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huffing.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of
imitative origin.]
1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
--Grew.
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2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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You must not presume to huff us. --Echard.
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3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
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Huffer
(gcide) | Huffer \Huff"er\, n.
A bully; a blusterer. --Hudibras.
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Huffiness
(gcide) | Huffiness \Huff"i*ness\, n.
The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper. --Ld.
Lytton.
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Huffing
(gcide) | Huff \Huff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Huffed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Huffing.] [Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of
imitative origin.]
1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air.
--Grew.
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2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke
with insolence; to hector; to bully.
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You must not presume to huff us. --Echard.
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3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could
have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3.
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Huffingly
(gcide) | Huffingly \Huff"ing*ly\, adv.
Blusteringly; arrogantly. [R.]
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And huffingly doth this bonny Scot ride. --Old Ballad.
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Huffish
(gcide) | Huffish \Huff"ish\, a.
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. --
Huff"ish*ly, adv. -- Huff"ish*ness, n.
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huffish sulky
(gcide) | Ill-natured \Ill`-na"tured\, a.
1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition;
surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed;
-- of people; as, an ill-natured person; an ill-natured
disagreeable old man. Opposite of good-natured.
[Narrower terms: {argumentative, contentious,
disputatious, disputative, litigious : {atrabilious,
bilious, dyspeptic, liverish : {bristly, prickly,
snappish, splenetic, waspish : {cantankerous, crotchety,
ornery : {choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed,
hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered : {crabbed,
crabby, cross, fussy, fussbudgety, grouchy, grumpy,
bad-tempered, ill-tempered}: {cranky, fractious,
irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy,
tetchy, techy : {crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored,
ill-humoured}: {dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose,
saturnine, sour, sullen : {feisty, touchy : {huffish,
sulky}: {misanthropic, misanthropical : {misogynous :
shirty, snorty ill-tempered or annoyed): {shrewish,
nagging, vixenish : surly, ugly ] Also See: {unpleasant.
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2. Dictated by, or indicating, ill nature; spiteful. "The
ill-natured task refuse." --Addison.
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3. Intractable; not yielding to culture. [R.] "Ill-natured
land." --J. Philips.
3. not to one's liking; unpleasant; disagreeable. Opposite of
agreeable. [WordNet sense 2] [Narrower terms: {annoying,
galling, chafing, irritating, nettlesome, pesky,
pestiferous, pestilent, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing}; {nerve-racking, nerve-wracking,
stressful, trying ]
Syn: disagreeable.
[WordNet 1.5] -- Ill`-na"tured*ly, adv. --
Ill`-na"tured*ness, n.
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Huffishly
(gcide) | Huffish \Huff"ish\, a.
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. --
Huff"ish*ly, adv. -- Huff"ish*ness, n.
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Huffishness
(gcide) | Huffish \Huff"ish\, a.
Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. --
Huff"ish*ly, adv. -- Huff"ish*ness, n.
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Huffy
(gcide) | Huffy \Huff"y\, a.
1. Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
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2. Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.
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ringbill shuffler
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
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Shuffle
(gcide) | Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, n.
1. The act of shuffling; a mixing confusedly; a slovenly,
dragging motion.
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The unguided agitation and rude shuffles of matter.
--Bentley.
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2. A trick; an artifice; an evasion.
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The gifts of nature are beyond all shame and
shuffles. --L'Estrange.
[1913 Webster]Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. i.
1. To change the relative position of cards in a pack; as, to
shuffle and cut.
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2. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade
questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
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I myself, . . . hiding mine honor in my necessity,
am fain to shuffle. --Shak.
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3. To use arts or expedients; to make shift.
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Your life, good master,
Must shuffle for itself. --Shak.
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4. To move in a slovenly, dragging manner; to drag or scrape
the feet in walking or dancing.
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The aged creature came
Shuffling along with ivory-headed wand. --Keats.
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Syn: To equivicate; prevaricate; quibble; cavil; shift;
sophisticate; juggle.
[1913 Webster]Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shuffling.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and
properly a freq. of shove. See Shove, and Scuffle.]
1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
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2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into
disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of,
as of the cards in a pack.
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A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to
midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind.
--Rombler.
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3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
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It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into
the papers that were seizen. --Dryden.
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To shuffe off, to push off; to rid one's self of.
To shuffe up, to throw together in hastel to make up or
form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he
shuffled up a peace.
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shuffleboard
(gcide) | Shovelboard \Shov"el*board`\, n.
1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving
pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the
game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard,
shovegroat, shovelpenny.
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2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove
or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on
the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
[1913 Webster]Shuffleboard \Shuf"fle*board`\, n.
See Shovelboard.
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Shuffleboard
(gcide) | Shovelboard \Shov"el*board`\, n.
1. A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving
pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the
game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard,
shovegroat, shovelpenny.
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2. A game played on board ship in which the aim is to shove
or drive with a cue wooden disks into divisions chalked on
the deck; -- called also shuffleboard.
[1913 Webster]Shuffleboard \Shuf"fle*board`\, n.
See Shovelboard.
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Shufflecap
(gcide) | Shufflecap \Shuf"fle*cap`\, n.
A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap. [R.]
--Arbuthnot.
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Shuffled
(gcide) | Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shuffling.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and
properly a freq. of shove. See Shove, and Scuffle.]
1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
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2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into
disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of,
as of the cards in a pack.
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A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to
midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind.
--Rombler.
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3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
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It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into
the papers that were seizen. --Dryden.
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To shuffe off, to push off; to rid one's self of.
To shuffe up, to throw together in hastel to make up or
form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he
shuffled up a peace.
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shuffler
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Shuffler \Shuf"fler\, n.
1. One who shuffles.
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2. (Zool.) Either one of the three common American scaup
ducks. See Scaup duck, under Scaup.
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Shuffler
(gcide) | Scaup \Scaup\ (sk[add]p), n. [See Scalp a bed of oysters or
mussels.]
1. A bed or stratum of shellfish; scalp. [Scot.]
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2. (Zool.) A scaup duck. See below.
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Scaup duck (Zool.), any one of several species of northern
ducks of the genus Aythya, or Fuligula. The adult
males are, in large part, black. The three North American
species are: the greater scaup duck (Aythya marila, var.
nearctica), called also broadbill, bluebill,
blackhead, flock duck, flocking fowl, and {raft
duck}; the lesser scaup duck (Aythya affinis), called
also little bluebill, river broadbill, and shuffler;
the tufted, or ring-necked, scaup duck ({Aythya
collaris}), called also black jack, ringneck,
ringbill, ringbill shuffler, etc. See Illust. of
Ring-necked duck, under Ring-necked. The common
European scaup, or mussel, duck (Aythya marila), closely
resembles the American variety.
[1913 Webster]Shuffler \Shuf"fler\, n.
1. One who shuffles.
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2. (Zool.) Either one of the three common American scaup
ducks. See Scaup duck, under Scaup.
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Shufflewing
(gcide) | Shufflewing \Shuf"fle*wing`\, n. (Zool.)
The hedg sparrow. [Prov. Eng.]
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Shuffling
(gcide) | Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shuffling.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and
properly a freq. of shove. See Shove, and Scuffle.]
1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
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2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into
disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of,
as of the cards in a pack.
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A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to
midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind.
--Rombler.
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3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
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It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into
the papers that were seizen. --Dryden.
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To shuffe off, to push off; to rid one's self of.
To shuffe up, to throw together in hastel to make up or
form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he
shuffled up a peace.
[1913 Webster]Shuffling \Shuf"fling\, a.
1. Moving with a dragging, scraping step. "A shuffling nag."
--Shak.
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2. Evasive; as, a shuffling excuse. --T. Burnet.
[1913 Webster]Shuffling \Shuf"fling\, v.
In a shuffling manner.
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To shuffe off
(gcide) | Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shuffling.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and
properly a freq. of shove. See Shove, and Scuffle.]
1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
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2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into
disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of,
as of the cards in a pack.
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A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to
midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind.
--Rombler.
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3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
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It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into
the papers that were seizen. --Dryden.
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To shuffe off, to push off; to rid one's self of.
To shuffe up, to throw together in hastel to make up or
form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he
shuffled up a peace.
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To shuffe up
(gcide) | Shuffle \Shuf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shuffled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Shuffling.] [Originally the same word as scuffle, and
properly a freq. of shove. See Shove, and Scuffle.]
1. To shove one way and the other; to push from one to
another; as, to shuffle money from hand to hand.
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2. To mix by pushing or shoving; to confuse; to throw into
disorder; especially, to change the relative positions of,
as of the cards in a pack.
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A man may shuffle cards or rattle dice from noon to
midnight without tracing a new idea in his mind.
--Rombler.
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3. To remove or introduce by artificial confusion.
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It was contrived by your enemies, and shuffled into
the papers that were seizen. --Dryden.
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To shuffe off, to push off; to rid one's self of.
To shuffe up, to throw together in hastel to make up or
form in confusion or with fraudulent disorder; as, he
shuffled up a peace.
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To take huff
(gcide) | Huff \Huff\, n.
1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of
disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. "Left the
place in a huff." --W. Irving.
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2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own
value or importance.
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Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and
contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit.
--South.
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To take huff, to take offence. --Cowper.
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charles john huffam dickens
(wn) | Charles John Huffam Dickens
n 1: English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social
injustice (1812-1870) [syn: Dickens, Charles Dickens,
Charles John Huffam Dickens] |
chuff
(wn) | chuff
v 1: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff] |
chuffed
(wn) | chuffed
adj 1: very pleased; "I'm chuffed to have won" |
huff
(wn) | huff
n 1: a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, miff,
seeing red]
v 1: inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine
almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue" [syn:
huff, snort]
2: blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his
way up the mountain" [syn: puff, huff, chuff] |
huffily
(wn) | huffily
adv 1: in a huffy manner; "`Don't bother to call me back,' he
said huffily" |
huffiness
(wn) | huffiness
n 1: a passing state of anger and resentment |
huffing
(wn) | huffing
n 1: an act of forcible exhalation [syn: puffing, huffing,
snorting] |
huffish
(wn) | huffish
adj 1: sullen or moody [syn: huffish, sulky] |
huffishness
(wn) | huffishness
n 1: a feeling of sulky resentment [syn: sulkiness,
huffishness] |
huffy
(wn) | huffy
adj 1: quick to take offense [syn: huffy, thin-skinned,
feisty, touchy]
2: roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain;
"she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his
friend"; "sore over a remark" [syn: huffy, mad, sore] |
reshuffle
(wn) | reshuffle
n 1: a redistribution of something; "there was a reshuffle of
cabinet officers"
2: shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" [syn:
reshuffle, reshuffling]
v 1: shuffle again; "So as to prevent cheating, he was asked to
reshuffle the cards"
2: reorganize and assign posts to different people; "The new
Prime Minister reshuffled his cabinet" |
reshuffling
(wn) | reshuffling
n 1: shuffling again; "the gambler demanded a reshuffle" [syn:
reshuffle, reshuffling] |
shuffle
(wn) | shuffle
n 1: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle,
shuffling, make]
2: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your
feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn:
shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling]
v 1: walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room";
"We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" [syn:
shuffle, scuffle, shamble]
2: move about, move back and forth; "He shuffled his funds among
different accounts in various countries so as to avoid the
IRS"
3: mix so as to make a random order or arrangement; "shuffle the
cards" [syn: shuffle, ruffle, mix] |
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